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How to setup multicast network in windows

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Thursday, May 7, 2009 1:09 PM

Hi all,

Can anybody please let me knw how we can setup multicast network.
We need to setup it for 5-10 machines with the help of switch.

Thanks in advance for the help

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Friday, May 8, 2009 1:31 AM

i didn't understand question? What you mean by multicast network?

Few points to start with,

  1. You need switch which can understand multicast traffic. IPv4 is using IGMP protocol for it and IPv6 will use MLD protocol for it.
  2. You need application which can listen to mutlicast address so that when machine receives packets from switch, you computer with mulitcast app can respond back.

By default WINS service listens to multicast address.

hope this helps

Friday, May 8, 2009 5:33 AM

Hi Dear, Thanks for the reply. actually i wanna setup it in WMS(windows media services)but only for 5-6 machines So can you give me brief idea on how i can setup this. 1.what are the requirements. 2.Steps to configure multicast with IGMP and how to test that we have done with multicast network. Right now what i have did is simply configures RRAS in lan routing and then add IGMP and add both the network card in that with router mode. what more steps i need to done . please help me on this Thanks again

Saturday, May 9, 2009 8:35 AM

1. Deployment guide,

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb676138.aspx

  1. Windows Media Services 2008 for Windows Server 2008

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9ccf6312-723b-4577-be58-7caab2e1c5b7&displaylang=en

Complete Details, - Look under "community resources by server role" "Streaming media services"

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/cc135919.aspx

Hope this helps